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And this was the rare morsel so officiously snatched up, and so ill-favouredly imitated by our inquisiturient bishops, and the attendant minorites their chaplains.

From Areopagitica A speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England by Milton, John

How ill-favouredly do they look, that have their nose and lips eaten off with the canker?

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by Bunyan, John

I pray you, mar no more of my verses with reading them ill-favouredly.

From Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England by Hudson, Henry Norman

My Lord was ill-favouredly clad, in a bare and ragged gown, and an old square cap.

From Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution by Holt, Emily Sarah

I pray you mar no more of my verses with reading them ill-favouredly.

From The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by Shakespeare, William